From http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=16147%20&%20section=7
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Medical Education director Dr Vinayagam, Medical and Rural Health Services director Dr Nandgopalasamy, Tamilnadu Health & Family Welfare Principal Secretary V K Subburaj, Information Technology Secretary P W C Davidar and Cadaver Transplantation Programme convener Dr Amalorpavanathan at a workshop in Chennai today on cadaver transplant in Tamilnadu.
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‘We will act upon, be alive to, listen to and offer help on the suggestions from the medical fraternity and changes to be incorporated in the GOs with regard to cadaver transplant,’ said Tamilnadu Health & Family Welfare principal secretary V K Subburaj today.
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Speaking at a one-day workshop on Cadaveric Transplantation in Tamilnadu, Subburaj said that in India, 800 cadaver transplantations had taken place till today with 22 cases in Tamilnadu. In the absence of system declaring brain dead the nearly 1.2 lakh people dying in road accidents, it could not be cashed in on.
Even though many were willing to donate organs, awareness among medical professionals and the public was lacking. It would take five years time to top in cadaver transplant.
As of now, Spain tops the list, he said. He said that for cadaver and stem cell maintenance, the Tamilnadu government had allotted Rs 5 crore. Such maintenance was carried out at Stanley Hospital, Chennai.
Information Technology secretary P W C Davidar said the Health Department was proactive in incorporating in GO cadaver transplantation. Director of Medical Education Dr Vinayagam spoke on modalities for cadaver transplantation and said that the GOs regarding it had been drafted.
But, they have got to be understood by the physicians and ways found to implement the same, he added. Medical and Rural Health Services director Dr Nandgopalasamy spoke about the government’s role in cadaver transplant.